Articles
07
Mar
Stranded in the Jungle (Part 3)
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BIKE-HEDONIA
Day 3 dawned in rain that hissed on the coals of the fire as we allowed its heat to subside in preparation for leaving camp.
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03
Mar
The ground is for sleeping (Part 2)
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The track had long ago turned into a hard enduro playground. Steep, slippery with scree, washed out by ruts that could swallow a w...
24
Feb
Yes, but did you die? (Part 1)
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One, two, one, two… I count myself through each step. If you put enough of these tiny, zombie shuffles together, you’ll reach the top o...
15
Feb
Buy your own roses
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Today is the exact anniversary of 5 years on the road – 15 February 2017 was the day I rode out of Sydney, never yet to return. I had i...
14
Feb
Modification & accustomisation
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I've been busy manically removing parts from the new KLX230 to make it a lean little jungle machine.
https://youtu.be/PHYLvIfjDCU
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11
Feb
Sustainable Vagrancy
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I sit in the HiVolt shop, surrounded by motorcycles and trials gear, and wait. Darkness falls and the high timbered ceilings glow with ...
04
Feb
A Time to Learn
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It's six in the morning and the dawn light is bleeding into the valley, slowly, through a somnolent layer of mist. It's always peaceful...
31
Jan
Good Advice
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Good morning my lovely people. It’s four a.m. which means it’s time to write, but you should have seen the struggle when it came to get...
24
Jan
Pleasure and Pain
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It’s 4am and I’m disturbing the sleep of the hotel receptionists. I come downstairs, toting my laptop in the darkness with the objectiv...
22
Jan
Years of Life
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I just came back from the Death Railway cemetery in Kanchanaburi. It is this beautiful, still place under a tropical sun, filled with y...
18
Jan
Risk Calculation
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Today let’s talk about risk, and sweat, and tears. Now, it’s been a while since I was travelling fully loaded on the KTM: my whole life...
11
Jan
Ruins and Memories
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Today’s blog post nearly didn’t happen, because I killed my computer. By dropping it down a gully? Drowning it in a rice paddy? Not eve...
06
Jan
I’m On A Boat
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Putting your motorcycle on a boat is typically a terrifying experience. Sometimes that's because it's a massive boat and you're not all...
03
Jan
Before Times
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Back before covid sank its teeth into the world, vagrants like me used to do border runs. You'd get your thirty day entry to Thailand o...
29
Dec
Complimentary House Dragon
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Here in south-east Asia we have these magnificent tokay geckos. They like to live in your house and eat all the insects, and I think th...